North Carolina General Statutes
Article 24 - Trust Companies and Interstate Trust Business.
§ 53-355 - Certain criminal offenses.

53-355. Certain criminal offenses.
(a) An officer, director, employee, or shareholder of a State trust company commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(1) Conceals information or a fact, or removes, destroys, or conceals a book or record of the State trust company for the purpose of concealing information or a fact, from the Commissioner or an agent of the Commissioner; or
(2) For the purpose of concealing information or a fact, removes or destroys any book or record of the State trust company that is material to a pending or anticipated legal or administrative proceeding.
(b) An officer, director, or employee of a State trust company commits an offense if the person knowingly makes a false entry in the books or records or in any report or statement of the State trust company.
(c) An offense under the provisions of this section shall be a Class H felony. (2001-263, s. 1.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 53 - Regulation of Financial Services

Article 24 - Trust Companies and Interstate Trust Business.

§ 53-301 - Definitions.

§ 53-302 - Title and purposes.

§ 53-303 - Companies authorized to engage in trust business.

§ 53-304 - Activities not requiring a charter, license, or approval.

§ 53-305 - Trust business of State trust institution.

§ 53-306 - Trust business of out-of-state trust institution.

§ 53-307 - Trust business of foreign trust institution.

§ 53-308 - Name of trust institution.

§ 53-309 - Trust deposits of authorized trust institutions.

§ 53-310 - Offices of State trust companies.

§ 53-311 - State trust company principal office.

§ 53-312 - Trust offices; representative trust offices.

§ 53-313 - Out-of-state trust offices and representative trust offices.

§ 53-314 - Trust business through a branch or trust office.

§ 53-315 - Establishing an interstate trust office.

§ 53-316 - Acquiring an interstate trust office.

§ 53-317 - Requirement of notice.

§ 53-318 - Action on notice.

§ 53-319 - Additional trust offices; representative trust offices.

§ 53-320 - Examinations; periodic reports; cooperative agreements; assessment of fees.

§ 53-321 - Enforcement.

§ 53-322 - Notice of transactions that cause a change in control.

§ 53-323 - Foreign trust institution application for trust office or representative trust office.

§ 53-324 - Conditions for approval.

§ 53-325 - Additional trust offices and representative trust offices.

§ 53-326 - Examinations; periodic reports; cooperative agreements; assessment of fees.

§ 53-327 - Enforcement.

§ 53-328 - Notice of transactions that cause a change in control.

§ 53-329 - International agreements.

§ 53-330 - Title and purposes.

§ 53-331 - Organization and powers of State trust company.

§ 53-332 - Articles of incorporation of State trust company.

§ 53-333 - Application for State trust company charter and permission to incorporate State trust company.

§ 53-334 - Notice and investigation of charter application.

§ 53-335 - Decision on charter application and hearing.

§ 53-336 - Issuance of charter.

§ 53-337 - Required initial capital.

§ 53-338 - Subordinated notes or debentures.

§ 53-339 - Application of laws relating to general business corporations.

§ 53-340 - Investment in State trust company facilities.

§ 53-341 - Other real estate.

§ 53-342 - Securities and other investments.

§ 53-343 - Prohibited distributions, acquisitions, liens, or pledges.

§ 53-344 - Subsidiaries.

§ 53-345 - Engaging in commerce prohibited.

§ 53-346 - Lending and lease financing; conversion to State bank.

§ 53-347 - Acquisition of control.

§ 53-348 - Application regarding acquisition of control.

§ 53-349 - Decision on acquisition of control.

§ 53-350 - Appeal.

§ 53-351 - Report of changes in chief executive officer or directors.

§ 53-352 - Board of directors.

§ 53-353 - Required board meetings.

§ 53-354 - Officers.

§ 53-355 - Certain criminal offenses.

§ 53-356 - Responsibility of directors.

§ 53-357 - Record keeping.

§ 53-358 - Bonding requirements; reports of apparent crime.

§ 53-359 - Merger, share exchange, or asset transfer authority.

§ 53-360 - Merger, share exchange, or asset transfer application.

§ 53-361 - Notice and investigation of merger, share exchange, or asset transfer; decision, hearing, and appeal.

§ 53-362 - Appraisal rights of shareholders in mergers, share exchanges, or asset transfers.

§ 53-363 - Private trust companies.

§ 53-364 - Requirements to apply for and maintain status as a private trust company.

§ 53-365 - Conversion to public trust company.

§ 53-366 - Applicability of other laws to authorized trust institutions; status of State trust company.

§ 53-367 - Commissioner shall have supervision over authorized trust institutions and shall examine.

§ 53-368 - Assessment of State trust companies.

§ 53-369 - Administrative orders; penalties for violation; increase of equity capital.

§ 53-370 - Notice and opportunity for hearing.

§ 53-371 - Removal of directors, officers, and employees.

§ 53-372 - Required vote of shareholders.

§ 53-373 - Corporate procedure.

§ 53-374 - Authority to liquidate; publication.

§ 53-375 - Examination and reports.

§ 53-376 - Unclaimed property.

§ 53-377 - When Commissioner may take charge.

§ 53-378 - Directors may act.

§ 53-379 - Notice of seizure; bar to attachment of liens.

§ 53-380 - Notice to trust institutions, corporations, and others holding assets; existing liens.

§ 53-381 - Permission to resume business.

§ 53-382 - Remedy for seizure; answer to notice; injunction; appeal; and motions.

§ 53-383 - Collection of debts and claims; Commissioner succeeds to all property of the State trust company.

§ 53-384 - Bond of the Commissioner; surety; condition; minimum penalty.

§ 53-385 - Inventory.

§ 53-386 - Notice and time for filing claims.

§ 53-387 - Power to reject claims; notice; affidavit of service; action on claims.

§ 53-388 - List of claims presented, copies, and proviso.

§ 53-389 - Declaration of dividends; order of preference in distribution.

§ 53-390 - Deposit of funds collected.

§ 53-391 - Employment of counsel, accountants, and other experts; compensation.

§ 53-392 - Unclaimed dividends held in trust.

§ 53-393 - Action by the Commissioner following full settlement.

§ 53-394 - Annual report of the Commissioner; items included; reports of condition of State trust companies.

§ 53-395 - Compensation of the Commissioner's office.

§ 53-396 - Exclusive method of liquidation.

§ 53-397 - Disposition of books and records.

§ 53-398 - Destruction of books and records.

§ 53-399 - Petition for new trustee.

§ 53-400 - Report to the Secretary of State.

§ 53-401 - Provisions for conservator; duties and powers.

§ 53-402 - Examination.

§ 53-403 - Termination of conservatorship.

§ 53-404 - Rights and liabilities of conservator.

§ 53-405 - Naming of conservator not liquidation.

§ 53-406 - Sale of assets by board of jeopardized State trust company.

§ 53-407 - Authority to act as disbursing agent.

§ 53-408 - Payment to creditors.

§ 53-409 - Issuance of preferred shares by jeopardized trust company.

§ 53-410 - Commissioner to act under authority of the Commission.

§ 53-411 - Rules.

§ 53-412 - Commissioner hearings; appeals.

§ 53-413 - Civil enforcement.

§ 53-414 - Cancellation of charter.

§ 53-415 - Severability.

§ 53-420 - Affiliate transfers authorized; procedure.

§ 53-421 - Objection to affiliate transfer.

§ 53-422 - Effect of affiliate transfer.

§ 53-423 - Trust institution as agent.

§ 53-424 - Construction.